Professional Appointment

2021-Present: Professor, Tohoku University

2016-2021: Associate Professor (tenured), NTU Singapore

2009-2016: Assistant Professor, NTU Singapore

2009-2014: NRF Research Fellow, National Research Foundation (Singapore)

2005-2009: Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo

Education

2005 Ph.D. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. E. Nakamura)

2002 M.Sc. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. E. Nakamura)

2000 B.Sc. in Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (Prof. E. Nakamura)

2002-2005: JSPS Fellow

2002: Visiting Student, Stockholm University (Prof. Jan Bäckvall)

Awards/Recognition

2022: Mukaiyama Award

2020: TCI-SNIC Industry Award in Synthetic Chemistry

2015: Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship (from Thailand)

2014: Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship (from China and Korea)

2014: The 63rd Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists

2014: SPMS Young Researcher Awards

2011: Asian Core Program Lectureship (from Japan)

2011: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award

2008: Takasago Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry in Japan

2007: Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Research Foundation

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